Registrations for my vocabulary workshop at Magarpatta City close on Friday, 17th October. Vocabulary Workshop for Children Dates: 18th and 19th October, 2014 Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Venue: JustBooks, Magarpatta City Age-group: 8-12 years Registration fee: Rs. 500 … [Read more...]
Vocabulary Workshop at Magarpatta City
Now moving to a new venue - JustBooks, Magarpatta City! Vocabulary Workshop for Children Dates: 18th and 19th October, 2014 Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Venue: JustBooks, Magarpatta City Age-group: 8-12 years Registration fee: Rs. 500 … [Read more...]
Day Two: Vocabulary Workshop for Children
Time flew by at the second day of my vocabulary workshop, so much so that I hardly even took any photographs! It was a day of frantic word-hunting in the dictionary, attempts to communicate an idea with a single word, and word-building. Here are a couple of pictures, taken before the frenzy began. … [Read more...]
Day One: Vocabulary Workshop for Children
"Both my daughters keep saying Varsha didi - Varsha - Varsha ... I had to come and see what magic you do with them." Probably the loveliest comment I've had so far I can't decide what I like better - children I've met before coming back to me for more, or new children with new ideas and experiences. With word puzzles, team games, charades and drawing, we had a wonderful morning with words! Contact me if you would like to join in for Day Two of the Vocabulary Workshop for Children at JustBooks, Wanawadi! … [Read more...]
Workshop this Weekend!
Vocabulary Workshop for Children Dates: 27th and 28th September, 2014 Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Venue: JustBooks, Wanowarie Age-group: 8-12 years Registration fee: Rs. 500 Workshop Overview: JustBooks Wanowarie, in association with Varsha Seshan, brings to you a vocabulary workshop for children. The playground is the best school. In a spirit of healthy competition, children will work in teams and individually to demonstrate their language skills and express themselves. Workshop Highlights: 1.Building your vocabulary and discovering the joy of new words 2.Individual games and team games to test your vocabulary 3.Theme-based word activities 4.Dictionary usage … [Read more...]
White Dolphin
Who does not like animal stories? As a child, I wanted to be an environmentalist and a vet. The problem was that I was afraid of biology and dissection, so I contented myself with animal stories, knowing no other option. Gill Lewis's White Dolphin filled my heart. It was a story that jumped out of the pages and touched me despite the fact that I knew nothing about the particular problems it addressed. White Dolphin is a story of humane humans and their attempts to be what human beings should be - kind, brave and generous. Questions remain unanswered even at the end of the book, but there is no feeling of dissatisfaction there. Because life is like that. There are no clues leading to all the most beautifully crafted answers. Sometimes, you have to move away from the question to reach another, more important question. During my last workshop, we spoke about how lovely stories are … [Read more...]
Vocabulary Workshop at JustBooks, Wanawadi
My reading workshop at the British Library is over; it's time for the next workshop! This one is on my side of town this time - at JustBooks Wanawadi. Vocabulary Workshop for Children by Varsha Seshan Dates: 27th and 28th September, 2014 Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Venue: JustBooks, Wanowarie Age-group: 8-12 years Registration fee: Rs. 500 Contact me for more details! … [Read more...]
Read Something New! – Day Four
Children's imaginations are simply wonderful. Today, I met - a porcupine who dreamed of being a pillow - a hen that had three wings and could not fly - a snail that ran marathons - a dinosaur with twenty legs - a mouse that went to school and many more. Two by two, these animals had conversations. Another wonderful reading workshop at the British Library is over. I can't wait for the next. … [Read more...]
The Memory Cage
A truly wonderful book. What can a boy do when his grandfather has Alzheimer's and everyone else in his family wants him to go to a home? How can he convince his family that it's cruel? The Memory Cage is a stark depiction of war and loneliness. War is not about bravery and courage. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Everyone knows that's a lie. But what happens if no one wants to know the truth? What happens when people want to look away from the truth that is staring them in the face? Memories of sadness, grief and loss cannot be put in a box and hidden under the bed. If you try to do that, the repercussions will be violent. And that is what a young boy discovers - for himself and his grandfather. … [Read more...]
Street of Tall People
I was intrigued by the title; who wouldn't be? The World War has not yet begun, but anti-Jewish sentiments run high. I know nothing of this time. Street of Tall People is set in East London, about which, also, I know nothing. Yet, the story reached out to me. Awkwardness and friendship. Loyalty, trust and betrayal. Loneliness and the quest for someone who understands. Idealism and cynicism. Street of Tall People is one of those books that shows you that even in a cruel, heartless mob is someone who is not tied to you by blood or religion, but is still family. That person there is still part of your idealistic brotherhood, however cynical other people may be. … [Read more...]
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